Kangoo Compact (aka Racevan3)

Forgot to add the billet alloy 250 inlet to r26 throttle body adaptor arrived from Veban Motorsport. Nice bit of kit, ill get it fitted after my hols.

Tapered design for good flow and sized correctly to match both opening sizes.


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Updates.

Kangoo was looking a bit sad and paint was a bit flat with slight oxidation on the roof, bumpers/plastics faded and a bit of oxidation on the headlamps. Ive not polished it since last cut 4 years ago so its done quite well with a handful of applications of c2v3 over the years.

Had a spare half day today and weather was ok, not hot and cloudy so give it a once over.

Snowfoamed with Bh autofoam, Washed and detail brushed all the awkward bits to remove any moss and shite. Decontaminated with BH Korrosol to get the iron fallout off.

Dug the da out and give it a single stage polish with Chemical Guys V38 final polish and a soft finishing pad, light touch as it doesnt have loads of paint on it and i dont have a depth gauge.

Low effort tape job to keep the compound off the plastics.

Paint came up quite easy with a single or double pass per panel. I then panel wiped the residue off and applied a coat of collinite 476s wax to seal it. Nobody uses waxes any more but i rate collinite, the paint pops and it lasts ages and very easy to work with compared to ceramics.

The bumpers were looking well faded. I have used a few ceramic trim restorers over the years and some are ok, some average. With a bit of reading i opted to use Ceracote ceramic trim coat restoration kit. Its pre packed wipes that you apply with no buff off.

Pre application pic, faded and previous compound on the plastic.

I scrubbed the plastics down with neat apc and followed up with a quick rub over with isopropyl alcohol in select areas to remove any previous products.

Once dry i applied the wipes. The product is easy to work with and 1x wipe can do half a bumper so it goes a long way.

Much better.


Fin, much better.

The ceramic coating needs an hr to go off. Had been on half an hr and felt spots of rain (fcuking typical) so had a mad ten mins shuffling the cars about to get it in the garage to cure.

Under cover.


A couple of spots did not affect it luckily. Will see how it fairs.

Took it for a run out after to blow the cobwebs off. Still brutally fast for what it is.

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Small update

Rear towing eye cover has been knackered for ages with clips broken, looks like previous owner has reversed into something and bumper has a few battle scars. I occasionally pop it back into place when somebody suggests that its ready to fall off.

Looks shite.


I was looking for a bumper to replace it but low on the priorities as most have similar damage or more damage than current one. It actually dawned on me the other day that replacing the towing eye cover might be a sensible option.

£9 delivered off ebay.


Not perfect but looks much better, its clipped in and secure so that will do.

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Updates

Took it for a decent run out yesterday as not moved in a while, and weather is turning so it will be off the road soon.

Nothing to report - its still fcuking fast with terrible mpg 😆 good fun hustling all the modern stuff in it though.

Shorty


Ill be taking it to Autos de france at Oulton in a few weeks, prob be last run out.

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imagine being hustled the f**k along and then seeing it fly past

I adore this thing so much. Is it weird I come back every few months and read the full build again🤣. Will you ever part with it?

Crybert said:

I adore this thing so much. Is it weird I come back every few months and read the full build again🤣. Will you ever part with it?

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Cheers mate! Appreciate the feedback.

I cant believe ive had it coming up 5 years in November and its been on the road 3.5 years.

I will prob sell it at some point to be fair. I wouldnt even know how to price it though as there is so much money in it now.

Still got loads i want to do to it. Ecumaster install and a large garrett turbo, improve suspension furthur. Got a few ideas for the rear suspension to improve it as its a bit too soft on the rear.

Small update.

Was planning to go to Oulton in it on Sat last week but had so much to do at home had to rain check it.

Anyway give it clean up on Sunday. Bumper plastics still look great no fading as of yet. Took it out for some running about to pick up building materials.



Will lay it up at the end of the month now the cold weather is here and look at furthur improvements to it for next year.

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Brigsy said:

Cheers mate! Appreciate the feedback.

I cant believe ive had it coming up 5 years in November and its been on the road 3.5 years.

I will prob sell it at some point to be fair. I wouldnt even know how to price it though as there is so much money in it now.

Still got loads i want to do to it. Ecumaster install and a large garrett turbo, improve suspension furthur. Got a few ideas for the rear suspension to improve it as its a bit too soft on the rear.

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I’d love to buy it, I’m sure half the forum would. It’s a special wee thing